'Tesla Owner' - Marsh Family parody adaptation of 'Desdemona' (Kids from Fame) about Elon Musk and X

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This song will test whether Elon Musk has a sense of humour. It’s hard to tell from his tweets. But what you can DEFINITELY tell from them that he has a wrongheaded understanding of what’s been going on in the UK, where, in the last week, there have been a spate of limited but upsetting rampages by Far Right idiots, whipped into a furore largely through false claims and conspiracy theories online. Musk described this, ridiculously, as “Civil War” when in fact it was a handful of incidents largely of a violent and thuggish nature perpetrated by people with previous criminal convictions (often targeting minorities). Luckily because we have restrictions in the UK, there were no guns. The police were brave and coordinated, and now the justice system is taking its course with plenty of arrests and gaol sentences. In the meantime, huge numbers of UK citizens came out in solidarity in anti-fascist gatherings on Wednesday. But the whole thing was precipitated and encouraged by idiots exaggerating fears for their own benefit and with little to lose personally...

...Which brings us to Musk and the hilariously saccharine song “Desdemona” (by the kids from Fame, written by Barry Fasman and Steve Sperry). It’s from a weird American show with themes about self-liberation and celebrity – and carrying overtones of race and class tension, and undertones of family – called “Fame” (which was initially a film in 1980 and then a TV series). For all those reasons, and because the kids vetoed a Gangsta Rap parody of “X Gon’ Give It To Ya” we decided to choose it to mark Elon Musk’s weird forays into conspiracy theories, fake news, baiting, stirring, and misinformation, using his unprecedented power and ownership of the platform X (formerly Twitter). We haven’t yet decide to quit Twitter/X (as many have, understandably), but we’ll see if we get booted from it for poking fun at its owner (also the owner of Tesla, SpaceX, and numerous other entities).

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LYRICS:

Ooh, that Tesla Owner
His radar’s not so good
He always wants to own ya, I wonder if he should?
Such a big-headed baby
Becoming a little crazy
There's something you should know about Tesla Owner

Paranoid and greedy
Spreading toxic views (spreading toxic views)
Can’t he see ‘free speech’ requires a longer fuse? (hate condoner!)
Wants to be retweeted
Narcissistic fool (narcissistic fool)
X is gonna give it to you: bigot school (hate condoner!)

With Twitter he’s been messing – without the sharpest mind
Now it’s just a cesspit – what you gonna find? (fake news promoters)
His son became a woman
She used to be a man (that’s okay she’s trans)
When he can’t deal with happenings, he wants ‘em banned (non-disclosure)

He’s trolling you, “Civil War” ain’t true
Just a prick turning blue (racist stoker)
He’s warning you, with unfounded news
Open up to abuse
(bots and trolls and misinformers) … (aahs)

SpaceX Owner (lots of people leaving)
Overstep (advertisers too … advertisers too)
All his rockets fall to sea (he just fires his people, kinda dumb and cruel!)
(Sperm disowner)
Thinks he’s born to (platforms that deceive you)
Cross the galaxies (neo-fascist tool … neo-fascist tool)
But he’s no real currency (he’s another migrant who wants migrant rules)
(Crypto-donor)

He’s trolling you, don’t know if it’s true
Lots of damage he’ll do (gets a boner!)
A billionaire, lots of time to spare
Spreading muck everywhere (Tesla… Tesla … Tesla owner! / repeat 2)
He’s trolling you!

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[bjdefilippo]

I quit Twitter soon after he took over. As helpful & supportive as Disabled Twitter was, his promotion of racism & fascism, and platforming of lies/conspiracy theories made it a horrible place. People don't seem to understand that wealth isn't an indicator of intelligence, knowledge, or morality.

[lindylast]

Love the haircut Danielle. Alfie looks taller than dad and Tom is now taller than mum. I played the very first clip you ever did and it is amazing, I am half a world away and feel like I have been part of the kids growing up. Thank-you all for the music 🇦🇺

[FlowerChild]

As someone who also can’t stand Elon’s nonsense and is just generally sick of him, thanks! 😂

[MsGrandunion]

Oh good grief, I never thought I would hear that song again! I was one of the session musicians when the Fame crew came to London, something like 1983 I think.
I need to go and lie down as I suddenly feel old!


And just a FYI, the pianist was none other than Dave Arch, of Strictly fame, the only one of us to work on Fame UK and come out of it with a career intact!

[andrewrogers]

As a South African who once admired Elon Musk and now absolutely despises him for what he has become and who he supports, I absolutely enjoyed this post. You are an amazingly talented family. Keep up the good work.💙💙💙

[Neil]

Mums new hair looks amazing, takes years of you ❤️

[canadian]

I can't stand the Pompous ELON MUSK, Great Job as always Guys

[realmattlucas]

This is the most niche parody/cover I have ever heard. I love it.

[Monklane]

Bang on, family. He seems to be morphing into a Bond villain.

[zeldacoach]

The Marsh Family making descant recorders and flageolettes cool again ❤

[ivan]

My comment to you all, Too much is never enough.. You rock!

[ThomasPfaff-fzvk]

Elon go back to South Africa. Why mess up this country. Did they get rid of you???

[philiprandall]

I didn't realise that Alfie wore glasses now! I'm 28 and I got my first pair only this week! And as always, super work with the singing!

[piripi]

Twitter under Musk was like a maniac with a megaphone taking over the lunatic asylum.

[kathleenleonard]

Brilliant! Thank you, Marsh family. Wish you'd do a great song about Harris and Walz, if you also think they are great, that is. It would be fantastic to have a song that we could all sing in support of them.

[Phoenix-iwgf]

Bravo Marsh. What a beautiful talented family. I particularly loved the " Give me hope Kamala" version as well as this one. Please do not stop making music.
Blessings in all your future endeavors.
With much love and respect from the U.S.A
Phoenix.

[creator]

Well done again, always amazes me these parodies. There is no stopping you as there is so much crap going on in the world.

[wl]

Can't wait Elon to go to Mars so we can live a quiet and peaceful life.

[pxiepops]

The Kids from Fame did some GREAT songs! I was a huge fan of the show and even bought the album. Starmaker my favourite (and linked to a very sad story so it always makes me cry) but Desdemona's another great one. Well done guys!

[felyrivera]

I love you amazing-talented Marsh family! 💙BTW, I wanted to buy a Tesla car before, but because of Elon Musk, I changed my mind. I don't anymore want to patronize a friend of the despicable-childish Donald Trump! Elon + Trump = Shameful